Game Keeps Crashing during Initialization

[chungbfong]

Short summary of your issue
Game Keeps Crashing during Initialization

Game Version
1.7.7 Kahwah

What OS are you playing on?
Mac OS 15.1 on Macbook Pro M1

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Have you tried verifying your game files?
Yes and all are ok.

How much "pain" is this causing you?
Very much

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
It just crashes straight to the desktop during the game initializing page (right after launching the game from the launcher and not able to reach homepage of the game). It was fine before the latest update. I tried to revert back to the 1.7.6 but it still occurred. I also tried to reinstall the game but it didn't help.

Please explain how to reproduce the issue
It happens every time while launching the game.


Thank you very much in advance !

 

[AndrewT]

Please do a full clean re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere
- "uninstall" in Steam-Vic3
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Victoria3 AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria3 folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Victoria3 or Documents Victoria3 locations, before installing again.

**File Locations on Mac OS X**
The executable and DLC folder are in Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Victoria3/
To see it go to the Finder, hit command-shift-G (ie Go To) and type in ~/Library/ .
The user files (settings files, error logs, saved games, mods) are in /Users/USER/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Victoria3/ .

If that doesn't help, new copies of all those files please.